iOS 16.3.1 Breaks Google Photos App [Fixed]

[MacBH928]

Not if you want to avoid paying the Icloud fees. Of course it doesn't break One Drive which is nice. I don't want to pay monthly for Icloud so I've been finding ways to avoid it. 5 GB of free space is not enough. It should be 10 or more.

TANSTAAFL - you are paying one way or the other. Free is a mirage.

 

[Graham4723]

No problem on my 9th gen ipad

 

[AhRiHmAn]

Fixed with new update

 

[robvalentine]

This has been fixed through an app update

 

[CaptainV]

As others say, indeed fixed by Google now.
Impressivly quick.

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

If you’re using Google anything, you’ve already made the choice that data security isn’t your priority.

b&

Sorry but I'm going to call this out as seriously incorrect and misinforming. Google's security practices are exceptional, probably among the best out there. You don't see many security incidents occurring with Google / Alphabet services.

What I think you are meaning is privacy, which is a subtle but important difference.

I don't trust Google to respect my privacy, but I damn well do trust them to keep what information they do have on me safe and secure.

 

[furou]

An update for Google Photos just appears for me in the App Store that fixed this issue.

 

[bezoss]

new update on app store solves the issue

 

[RickDEGH]

Not if you want to avoid paying the Icloud fees. Of course it doesn't break One Drive which is nice. I don't want to pay monthly for Icloud so I've been finding ways to avoid it. 5 GB of free space is not enough. It should be 10 or more.

Nothing is ever enough (subjectively). Not holding brief for Apple, but there’s no obligation on Apple’s part to offer 5GB of free storage to start with.

 

[bLackjackj]

What’s “Google Photos”?

Same backend as icloud photos, so what's your point? 🤷‍♂️

 

[Vespi]

Works fine for me, also I use google photo rather than icloud bcus I can backup photos to google and remove them from my phone which is what cloud storage is for, With icloud you cant remove the photos after you backup them because it removes them from icloud aswell

 

[Futhark]

Todays AppStore update has fixed the issue already.

 

[VampyricGentleman]

So those who do use it, like me know there is an update available that fixes it

 

[ifxf]

It's hilarious seeing the sheeple here simply blast Google Photos. Let me guess 95% of the complainers about Google Photos have never even tried the product or service. It's a good one. It's simply disturbing to me how so closed minded some people can be to complain about something they don't even understand.

1. For photo editing and stuff, it does offer some neat features especially if you are on the Android side, but I prefer iOS Photos app for doing markups/annotation. For on device photo management, without a doubt I go with iOS' app.

2. From a sharing perspective, Photos is cross platform. It makes sharing photos with after a family vacation, friends vacation, etc super easy. Most important, someone doesn't even need a phone and can access via web if they wanted to.

3. The unlimited backup feature was neat while it existed from 2015 - 2021. I know our photos are scanned for AI learning, but I used those years to backup basically all my photos from 2003 when I got my first digital camera all the way through present day. That's nice to have, and there's NO WAY iCloud would've been affordable for the amount of data I've put on there.

For those of you who think Google Photos is unsafe, it's not. If you value privacy, then don't use it, but I wouldn't use ANY cloud photo service including iCloud, although the latest Advanced Data Protection may add a lot of privacy benefits for those who are on the fence.

I agree, it also allows you to select the photos to upload. With Apple it is all or nothing.

 

[baking soda]

lol who tf is working at apple software development nowadays? iOS 16 has been a complete failure lmao.
Chance of iOS 17 being any better? 0%?

 

[nvmls]

The three people dumb enough to use Google Photos be like.....

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Yea, nothing like the average Apple user self awareness smart syndrome.

 

[arkitect]

Oh FFS!

So I had no issue with Google Photos crashing…

Then I update the app, because, well, better safe than sorry.

NOW it crashes.

Sometimes you just have to laugh.

🤣

Edit:
Seems OK now after a restart.

 

[disruptor85]

Newest update 6.23.1 solves the issue

 

[Mazda 3s]

The irony in this paragraph.

The difference is I’m not telling people that Google is bad or Apple is good. Let people make their own choices. The fact that we’re on Mac Rumors means that we’re all somewhat of the Apple persuasion. No need to beat folks over the head with it.

 

[Jason2000]

Really? If you have icloud, YOU are using Google 😂👍

Apple using Google for storage is different than a user using Google for services. Good grief folks.

 

[quaresma]

So many people don’t know the difference between privacy and security. But I guess it’s cool to hate on everything Google. Google is bad privacy wise, but not security wise

 

[methano]

I use google photos as a second backup to iCloud photos. Anyway since I updated today to 16.3.1. I decided to try Google Photos and find that it runs fine for me. Was expecting an instant crash as described here. I also can say that there was an update to Google photos prior to the iOS update, so whoever tested and found the problem may not have the latest version.

Same here. No Problem.

 

[JoeDawson]

Google updated Google Photos 3 hours ago and it fixed the issue with 16.3.1. All ok now!

 

[grjj]

Far as I know, no other app in the App store has a crashing issue at lanch after the 16.3.1 update, so this appears to be solidly in Google's court to resolve.

You trust Apple, right? If Apple tru$t$ Google enough to make Google the default search engine, then by extension you should tru$t Google.

Trusting search results and trusting code running on my machine are two VERY different things.
And I don't use google serach, I don't trust them even that much.

 

[grjj]

I use google photos as a second backup to iCloud photos. Anyway since I updated today to 16.3.1. I decided to try Google Photos and find that it runs fine for me. Was expecting an instant crash as described here. I also can say that there was an update to Google photos prior to the iOS update, so whoever tested and found the problem may not have the latest version.

iCloud Photos is not a backup, it is the live copy of your photos data. It's synced to your devices, not backed up.

To be clear: a backup is a redundant, immutable copy of your data. iCloud synced data fails on both points.